Kaike

Kaike language

Kaike language

Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal

Magar Kaike is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. Ethnologue classifies it as a West Bodish language.

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Distribution

Kaike is spoken in Shahartara, Tupatara, Tarakot, and Belawa villages of Sahartara VDC, Dolpa District, Karnali Province, Nepal (Ethnologue).

Linguistic contact

Honda (2008)[2] notes that Kaike shares many words with Tamangic, but is not part of Tamangic proper. It is also in contact with Tichurong, a divergent Tibetic lect spoken near the Kaike-speaking areas.[3] Zemp (2023) discusses the heavy influence of Tichurong on Kaike, but notes that Kaike has a Tamangic base.[4]

Lexicon

Honda (2008) lists the following Kaike words.

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References

  1. [1]
    Kaike at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Honda, Isao. 2008. Some observations on the relationship between Kaike and Tamangic. Nepalese Linguistics 23: 85-116.
  3. [3]
    Honda, Isao. 2018. Preliminary report on Tichyurong Tibetan (Dolpa, Nepal). Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.
  4. [4]
    Zemp, Marius. 2023. Tichurong-Tibetic influence in the grammar of Kaike (Nepal). 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.


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